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- Title
The Emergence of Cyber Society and the Transformation of the Public Policy Agenda-Building Process in China.
- Authors
Zhu Yapeng; Cheng, Joseph Y. S.
- Abstract
The impressive spread of Internet use in China has led to the rapid emergence of a cyber society, which in turn affects public policy agenda setting in China, promoting political participation in the policy-making processes in areas acceptable to the Chinese authorities. This article uses the Gandan Xiangzhao … Forum (Gandan xiangzhao is a traditional phrase meaning strong mutual trust and support) as a case study to investigate its impact on public policy agenda building. The case study shows that the development of the Internet not only serves as an instrument facilitating participation in the public policy agenda-building process, potentially it also embodies the spirit of consultation, at least when it is not perceived as a threat to the party regime. This development articulates the demand for the democratization of agenda building in China, and to a limited extent public participation has been realized in implementation.
- Subjects
CHINA; POLITICAL planning; INTERNET users; POLITICAL participation; POLICY sciences
- Publication
China Review: An Interdisciplinary Journal on Greater China, 2011, Vol 11, Issue 2, p153
- ISSN
1680-2012
- Publication type
Article